Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 21/03/2016 - 27/03/2016 2.UWT

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

 

[the asian]

Re: Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

Do you see Purito as a 2nd -3rd tier climber as well?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

Do you see Purito as a 2nd -3rd tier climber as well?

Definitely 2nd tier at this point.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Thomas DNS today. Probably feeling the mixture of digging very deep to win Paris-Nice and his MSR crash. Tweeted that he wants to rest up next Sunday at Flanders.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Do people all forget that Catalunya is Dan Martin's favourite stage race?

2009 Volta, Vallnord Sector Pal
2011 Volta, Vallnord Sector Pal
2013 Volta, Port-Ainé
2015 Volta, La Molina

2009: 2nd
2011: 2nd
2012: 4th
2013: 1st
2014: 16th
2015: 10th

He's always in the mix in Catalunya, short medium OR long climbs.

 

[the asian]

Re: Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

Do you see Purito as a 2nd -3rd tier climber as well?

Definitely 2nd tier at this point.

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Ok. Then it's fair that you consider Martin 2nd tier too.

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

Do you see Purito as a 2nd -3rd tier climber as well?

Alas at the moment he is 2nd tier. Hopefully he will find some form, but he is aging

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

People here are seriously under estimating Dan Martin's climbing abilities.

He is an explosive climber rather than a mere puncheur and his inability to win GT's is due to his very poor recovery as well as his poor Time Trialling.

And the fact that he is nothing more than a 2-3rd tier climber

Do you see Purito as a 2nd -3rd tier climber as well?

Definitely 2nd tier at this point.

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Ok. Then it's fair that you consider Martin 2nd tier too.

Purito was 2nd in last year's Vuelta, I don't seem to remember Martin coming close to anything like that.

 

[Taxus4a]

Today is a dangerous stage... I think BMC will try something. I think is the same stage Rigo won once.

 

[dark_horse]

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Today is a dangerous stage... I think BMC will try something. I think is the same stage Rigo won once.

they are going fast 51km/h in the 1st hour

 

[metaCYCLE]

"Daniel Martin i Alberto Contador han bonificat a l'sprint intermedi de Àger!"
Does this translate into what I think it does?

 

[metaCYCLE]

Intermediate sprint

1. Martin
2. Meersman
3. Contador

 

[SafeBet]

They took the bonus seconds at the intermediate.

Etixx will try something today, I think.

 

[Taxus4a]

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They took the bonus seconds at the intermediate.

Etixx will try something today, I think.

Dan Martin is quite fast and he could even win today stage or Barcelona stage, so this 3 seconds are very important for him...

Contador is closer in GC and he could get some bonus here and there, but very little. For Movistar wont be easy to stop that...

BMC must look to split the race on the wind or to break with one of his 2 leaders.

This is not over when thereis a battle as today. Everything can happend

 

[SafeBet]

And Movistar doesn't have such a strong team to control everything on hilly terrain.

 

[del1962]

Not that he has any interest in the GC, but G has DNS today

 

[del1962]

Martin 3 seconds
Meersman 2
Contador 1

 

[Samamba]

Formolo (Cannondale) Cataldo (Astana), Verona (Etixx), De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Dupont (AG2R), Losada (Katusha)

 

[dark_horse]

100 k to go and no break

 

[dark_horse]

"La etapa es una locura"

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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100 k to go and no break

Do we know who's working to prevent them? Someone with an interest in grabbing bonus seconds?

 

[dark_horse]

i read now that there are 18 riders in front and sky is trying to pull them back, around 70k to go

 

[Velolover2]

Could Martin win the stage if it is raced hard?

Alt de Lilla could be hard if they go full gas on Alt De Prades.

 

[Samamba]

Poels (Sky), Verona (Etixx), Cataldo (Astana), Van der Sande (Lotto Soudal)
4'20

 

[HelloDolly]

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Could Martin win the stage if it is raced hard?

Alt de Lilla could be hard if they go full gas on Alt De Prades.

Well Swift would be faster than him but not many more...I think though Barcelona stage is better suited to him

BTW ...where is the wind Taxusa ??